Course Work Archives - Page 7 of 31 - Katie Steedly

[The Stage is on Fire] is a page-turner in which, much like life, there are no easy answers and yet each step of the journey yields insight and hope. This work of heart must not be missed!

Melanie Faith

Creative Writing Teacher, Essayist & Poet.

Katie Steedly’s first-person piece [The Unspeakable Gift] is a riveting retelling of her participation in a National Institutes of Health study that aided her quest to come to grips with her life of living with a rare genetic disorder. Her writing is superb.

The Society of Professional Journalists

In recognition of receiving the Dateline Award for the Washingtonian Magazine essay, The Unspeakable Gift.

I thank you … It is the authenticity of your “class notes”; and it is the delicacy and skill with which you present the nuances of classroom life and the actuality of your students’ and fellow teachers’ lives.

Maxine Greene

Philosopher and Education Scholar

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MONDAYS ARE FREE EXERCISES 156—160

Questions. Interviews. A Clock. EXERCISE 156: DREAM/ NIGHTMARE INTERVIEW Write ninety-nine questions Pick a figure (famous or unknown) from history you would be scared to meet. Write ninety-nine questions to ask them when they come knocking...

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Living the Comma #12

Staying Soft. Creativity. The Watercourse Way. Dear Writer Friends, In yesterday’s service Pastor Matt spoke about water and ice and the need to stay soft in hard times. He asserted water’s force and flow. He described the power o...

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MONDAYS ARE FREE EXERCISES 151—155

Annoy. Embarrass. Focus. Survive. EXERCISE 151: REFLECT ON YOUR ANNOYING TRAITS foibly, goofy, endearingly annoying Write a self-portrait that catalogs as many of the foibly, goofy, endearingly annoying things about yourself as you can. For...

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MONDAYS ARE FREE EXERCISES 146—150

Facts. Dedications. Acknowledgements. Browsing. Corrections. EXERCISE 146: SKIP THE FACT CHECK STEP the world without referring (resorting!) Today you’re going to write a piece—poem, essay, essayette, monologue, whatever—about somethi...

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